[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 207 (Wednesday, December 1, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H6837-H6838]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         INFLATION IS TAXATION

  (Mr. CARL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CARL. Madam Speaker, I stand here representing families all 
across this country who are struggling with rising costs of virtually 
everything, from gas to groceries. And there doesn't seem to be an end 
in sight.
  Inflation is taxation, and it has increased every single month since 
Joe Biden has been President. Last month marked a 30-year record high 
in inflation.
  Even worse, real wages have decreased under Biden almost every month 
since he has been in office.
  So what is causing this inflation? President Biden and his allies in 
Congress are continuing to borrow trillions and trillions of dollars to 
pay for a massive Big Government expansion. It

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is unsustainable, and we cannot afford it.
  It is past time we get this runaway spending under control. As I have 
said countless times, Washington has a spending problem, not a revenue 
problem.
  The American people deserve better than this. It is time that we put 
them first and get our economy back on track.

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